FESTSPIELE

Bregenz




july 24, 2011


HomeWork
a ritualistic musical event
long version


you are what you eat...eat well.














a clearing,
an approach,
a study

direction, music, videos
by François Sarhan

original text by Jacques Roubaud,
based on
W. Shakespeare


with
Johanne Saunier, choreography,
Jim Clayburg, light & stage design,
Vox Vocal Quartet
Diotima Quartet,
Miquel Bernat & Julie Verbinnen
A King Lear

lear.


april 12-13  2011

théâtre d'Orléans

April 7 2011
Metz, Arsenal


November 4-7
, 2010
Automne en Normandie






Telegrams from the Nose




by François Sarhan and William Kentridge 

  Ictus Ensemble,
conducted by George-Elie Octors,
with François Sarhan
w kentridge & f sarhan in Johannesburg, november 2007.


June 19-20,  2010


Stedelijik Museum
Amsterdam
Holland Festival

April 25, 2010
Kortrijk (Belgium) in the Festival Happy New Ears


March
24-25, 2010
Maerz Muzik, Berlin





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La vie des bêtes



a wildlife documentary about forgotten animals


with direct illustrations on a screen, and by performers: four percussionnists.

 Drumming ensemble
conducted by Miquel Bernat,

with François Sarhan
double soleil .


July 9,  2010


Vila do Coble
Curtas Festival
(Portugal)












 April 30, May 2, 2010
20h 
DYBBUK, for full orchestra

Niederreinhischer Orchestra, Graham Jackson, cond.







Triple John and the double Spider

triple john

 Triple John, this rather precarious balance triple man (he lives his life in three times, shortly separated) had to fight
against the Double Spider, which is quite badly named, since it's not a spider, and it's not double.
Here, a challenge for Triple John : the concert.
One can see john 2 playing guitar on stage, and John 1 leaving the room and John 3 coming in (falling on the
floor, hit by John 2).

(from Encyclopedia, volume III : Hagiography)








 April 27, 2010
20h 
BOBOK QUINTET  for string quintet

Diotima String Quartet, Marc Coppey, cello

Orléans, Théâtre, France




 april 17, 2010
  
Home Work II (in the garage)
 for a singing percussionnist
Gerrit Nulens/Ictus

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France








Good News !

We already know the winners of the main Music   Competitions for the next ten years. 

For instance, the next  Durosoir Price will be won by   this  wonderful female cow (with all her udders) who   wrote a piano sonata (the third) entitled "Josiane aux   champs". 
No doubt all the pianists will run to buy the 
 score, study it and perform it all over the world. 



http://vimeo.com/8594044

    pric durosoir





 April 12-19, 2010
 
BOBOK  for string quartet

Diotima String Quartet

Minnesota University, La Maison Française- Washington DC, USA








Telegrams from the Nose




by François Sarhan and William Kentridge 

  Ictus Ensemble,
conducted by George-Elie Octors,
with François Sarhan
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march 24,  2010


Märzmusik, Berlin

february 6,  2010
Voruit, Gent


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l'Nfer and other stuff
a performance-lecture
in Festspielhaus, Hellerau, Dresden, (Germany)
22 february 2010, 14h




 the best.



more about the Encyclopedia ?
http://vimeo.com/6628831











Telegrams from the Nose



by François Sarhan and William Kentridge 

HOME WORK
for solo percussion

Ictus Ensemble,
conducted by George-Elie Octors,
with François Sarhan


Encyclopedia
movies
http://vimeo.com/6628831


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december 15,  2009


Le Parvis,
Tarbes (France)





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 December 8, 2009
20h
BOBOK, for string quartet

Satie String Quartet

Clermont-Ferrand, France

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The Undisciplinary Festival


 November 27th, 2009
16h-19h : workshop
21h : performances and cinema
Encyclopedia,
some movies

LOOS STUDIO,
De Constant Rebecplein 20-b
2518 RA Den Haag





November 29th, 2009
16h-19h : workshop
21h : performances and cinema
Encyclopedia,
some more movies


OCCII, Amsterdam
Amstelveeseweg 134
1075 Amsterdam

extrai de l'encyclopédie

 November 16, 2009
8 p.m.
PIROUETTE, for prerecorded voice and ensemble

Sonic Generator ensemble

Georgia Tech Alumni House
190 North Avenue
Atlanta, GA
USA
Margot, the soloist of Pirouette

first page of the second volume of the Great Musical Encyclopeadia, by Francois Sarhan    

      
 
 
 
crWth



Sarhan
/Metzger/Godeau//Bernat, Braig

October 1st  2009
8.30 pm


Théâtre d'Orléans



home concerts
Encyclopedia
L'abominable Dr Orloff

Théâtre d'Orléans, France















guiltiness fish

Don't look at me like that

 This sensitive fish works with telepathy. It communicates a strong feeling of guiltiness to the one staring  at it. It's an excellent defense system, since few predators have enough self confidence to go over this  overwhelming feeling. Even fished, in the plate, its sad eyes gives a horrible feedback to the eater.
(from Encyclopedia, volume I)






 September  27, 2009

Vox Quartet


LEAR
another perspective
one hour of music and stage activity around King Lear by Shakespeare, for four solo voices. music and stage direction by FS
ISCM Festival (+), Visby
Sweden

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Telegrams from the Nose




by François Sarhan and William Kentridge 

  Ictus Ensemble,
conducted by George-Elie Octors,
with François Sarhan
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september 11,  2009


Ultima Festival
Oslo (Norway)


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 August  23, 2009
16h

PETIT BOBOK, for violin and cello
Ayako Tanaka, violin
Bertrand Raynaud, cello

Classique au Vert Festival 
Parc Floral, PARIS, France

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 August  15, 2009

Vox Quartet


LEAR, an Overview
one hour of music and stage activity around King Lear by Shakespeare, for four solo voices. music and stage direction by FS

Kalv Festival (+).
Sweden

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crWth





Sarhan/Metzger/Godeau//Bernat

May 17- 24, 2009


Nirox Foundation/Arts on Main,
Johannesburg



home concerts,
Encyclopedia
(a few articles)
presented by Henri-Jacques Glaçon
a musical performance of François Sarhan

Arts on Main, Johannesburg, South Africa

     
 

 




History might not be what it is said to be, or at least, one can suppose many episodes which happened, or were close to happen, are not reported. In music it is the same: many musical traditions, instruments, phenomena are unexpectedly hidden, ignored, carefully stolen from the attention of the innocent reader in the traditional music histories and encyclopedia, and as we could expect, they are forgotten also by today’s musicians THEMSELVES.
   Would it be because they never existed ?
   Very unlikely.
    It’s mostly because of scandalous political pressures on one hand, and because of the pusillanimity of the artists on the other. Happily, and thanks to the courage of a new school of researchers, episodes like the Ripolswka singer, the true story of the cider-brain, the twelve Twell sisters, the terrifying invasions of the Orgue-accord, the musical street of Pilastro Pippironiro and many others are now available to the a large audience, for the sake of Truth and Beauty.
   Many examples, both visual and sound will be given with live performers, and elegantly presented by Prof. Henri-Jacques Glaçon, Dr Honoris Causa of the New Southampton Royal Music Academy of Science.










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Odile Duboc : Un Jour 

Dance piece performed by
Marion Ballester & François Sarhan


Music : François Sarhan

April 29, 2009
Vandœuvre-les-Nancy

Centre Malraux




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WITTENER TAGE

Witten

+


April 24, 2009


HomeWork
a ritualistic musical event


with Ensemble Recherche
&
Reihold Braig, Raphaël Godeau
Fred Pommerehn, lighting.
you are what you eat...eat well.




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Bruges

Concertgebouw Brugge vzw
't Zand 34, 8000 Brugge
+32 50 47 69 99
more infos on Liquid Room


April 7, 2009

L'NFER in a Liquid Room

with Ictus


A long concert without pauses, on three podiums with electronic
works by Nova, Vierk, Tenney, Sarhan, Dufourt, Dambrain, Murail, Reiter, Romitelli 






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shadow episode of the show
               
ARS MUSICA FESTIVAL, Bruxelles

April 3 & 4, 2009
19h/20h

Telegrams from the Nose

with William Kentridge



performed by
Ictus Ensemble
& François Sarhan




Kaai Theater

20 square Sainctelettesquare
1000 Bruxelles

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Kaai Theater

20 square Sainctelettesquare
1000 Bruxelles

               
ARS MUSICA FESTIVAL, Bruxelles

April 2, 2009

Liquid Room

with Ictus

A long concert without pauses, on three podiums with electronic
works by Nova, Vierk, Tenney, Sarhan, Vaggione, Dufourt, Dambrain, Murail, Reiter, Romitelli 



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Arsenal

Avenue Ney
57 000, Metz, Lorraine.

               
PRESENCES FESTIVAL, Metz

February 12, 2009

Five pieces for Viola and Orchestra

performed by the Orchestre National de Lorraine, dir. Jacques Mercier

 




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crWth



Sarhan
/Metzger/Godeau/Braig/Heulin


L'Abominable Docteur Orloff



March 2- 9, 2009
Johannesburg, South Africa




February 10, 2009
Philharmonie, Essen







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December 17, 2008

Kaai Theater
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20 square Sainctelettesquare
1000 Bruxelles

Ensemble Ictus (+)

lnfer in Srasbourg, Musica 2007lnfer in Srasbourg, Musica 2007 

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    crWth

     François Sarhan, laptop, strohcello and voice
    Mathieu Metzger, sax and electronics,
    Raphael Godeau, guitar and voice


    .francois sarhan playing strohcello
    november 28, 2008

    Agen, théâtre



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    Joji inc and François Sarhan

    Erase-E(X)

     François Sarhan, laptop, strohcello and voice
    Johanne Saunier and Jim Clayburgh

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    november 6, 2008

     Cavaillon, scène Nationale











    Telegrams from the Nose




    by François Sarhan and William Kentridge 

      Ictus Ensemble,
    conducted by George-Elie Octors,
    with François Sarhan
    w kentridge & f sarhan in Johannesburg, november 2007.



    October 5, 2008
    Trans Art festival(+)
    Bolzano (Italy)




    September 9, 2008

    20h
    Lille Opera house (+)
    2, rue des bons enfants



    May 24, 2008
    18h-19h
    Marian Goodman Gallery (+)
    79, rue du Temple PARIS

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    Telegrams from the Nose

    by François Sarhan and William Kentridge

    Ictus Ensemble,
    Bertrand Raynaud & François Sarhan
    .
    April 26, 2008

    Marian Goodman Gallery (+)
    79, rue du Temple PARIS
    75004

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    5 pieces for english horn and orchestra
    Performed by Bohuslav Martinu Zlin Philharmonia
    english horn : Jiri Zelba
    conductor : Jakub Hrusa
    April 6, 2008

    Dvorakova sin/Salle Dvorak, Rudolfinum.
    PRAHA.

     

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    February 17, 2008
    Petit Bobok
    Christophe Poiget (violin) & Bertrand Raynaud (cello)
    Bibliothèque Marmottan
    Boulogne-Billancourt







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    February 7, 2008
    Befort
    Centre Chorégraphique National

    Odile Duboc : Un Jour 

    Dance piece performed by
    Marion Ballester & François Sarhan


    Music : François Sarhan

    February 19, 2008
    Paris
    Cité Internationale


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    Petit Bobok
    Christophe Roy (cello) & Noémi Schindler (violin)
    Saison de l'Ensemble Aleph
    Théatre Dunois (+), PARIS.
    February 10, 2008


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    L'Nfer (un point de détail)
    January 26 , 2007
    Concert of Ensemble Ictus (+)

    Opéra de Lille (++)

     

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    November 19, 2007
    Deluxe Coucou
    for solo violin, by Nicolas Dautricourt


    La Maison Française (+), Washington DC.
    November 20, 2007
    Deluxe Coucou
    for solo violin, by Nicolas Dautricourt


    Andy Chamber Music Series
    , Baltimore.


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    November 17, 2007
    TESTIMONY
    Concert of Ensemble Modern (+)

    Arsenal de Metz (++).

     

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    November 2, 2007
    Pamela
    Oh Nuncle
    Performed by Vox Vocal Quartet

    Concert House - Gothenburg, SWEDEN.

     

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    October 23, 2007
    Deluxe Coucou - Ensemble reconsil (+)

    Arnold Schönberg (++), Wien, AUSTRIA.
    October 20, 2007
    The Name of the Song :
    Premiere with
    Ensemble Recherche (+)


    Donaueschingen Musiktag
    (+), GERMANY.


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    October 18 , 2007
    Hell (a small detail)
    NIO
    Pirouette


    Performed by Ensemble Ictus (+)
    Desingel (+), Anvers


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    TESTIMONY / premiere
    October 7, 2007

    Concert of Ensemble Modern (+)
    dir. Franck Ollu

    Festival Musica,
    STRASBOURG
    (++)
    L'Nfer (un point de détail)
    October 10, 2007
    Concert of Ensemble Ictus (+)


     


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    July 10, 2007
    Petit Bobok
    for Violin and Cello
    Festival "Nuits d'été à Aix-en-Provence" Chapelle des Oblats, FRANCE.

     

     

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    July 3&4, 2007
    Premiere for Vox Ensemble (Sweden)

    Time of Music Festival (Viitasaari, FINLAND) (+)



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    Universität
    Witten/ Herdecke
    (+)
    GERMANY.

    June 26 , 2007
    KLZMR for sax and tape
    by
    Jan Schulte-Bunert (+)

    June 23 , 2007
    Boboks, Deluxe Coucou for solo violin
    by
    Danel Quartet and Christophe Roy (2nd cello)




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    May 18, 2007
    : Judas Script
    Sylvain Lemêtre (percussions), Raphaël Godeau (guitar), Frédéric Aurier (violon), François Sarhan (electronics)

    Festival Extension du domaine de la note VII (+)
    Ivry Sur Seine, Médiathèque.




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    here you can listen to some remixs of bach, purcell, zappa...
    they're in the column works/bumerphonics

    listen to some remixs...




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    May 15, 2007
    DOGA - UNYOGA
    concert avec Chlorgeschlecht (+) dans le cadre des Duophonies (++).


    LA MAROQUINERIE (+), 23 rue Boyer 75020 - PARIS .




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    May 14, 2007
    "Pour quatre violoncelles"
    Premiere by François Salque and the cellists of Ensemble de violoncelles de Beauvais
    Beauvais, FRANCE.



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    may 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2007 :
    Deluxe Coucou
    for violin and ensemble by Luxemburg Sinfonietta


    may 2nd : MAINZ / may 3rd : METZ - Arsenal / may 4th : SAARBRUCKEN - Musikhochshule / may 5th : LUXEMBURG - Philarmonia / may 6th : LIEGE - Philarmonique




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    Petit Bobok
    Guy & Marc Danel - violin & cello
    Universität Witten/Herdecke (+), GERMANY.
    May 3, 2007


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    april 4, 2007
    La Fleur Inverse
    Installation sonore avec Detanicolain (+)
    Musée Zadkine
    (+), PARIS.




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    SET - other tour dates :
    March 23, 2007: Scène nationale de Mâcon.
    March 17, 2007: Scène conventionnée du Blanc-Mesnil.
    March 7 & 8, 2007:
    SET
    Creation for seven women by François Raffinot
    Music by François Sarhan

    Luxembourg, Grand Theater




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    January 2007
    CrWth : Judas Script
    Sylvain Lemêtre (percussions),
    Raphaël Godeau (guitar),
    Frédéric Aurier (violon),
    François Sarhan (electronics)


    January 27 : Pärnuu / January 28 : Tallin ESTONIA (+)
     
    &
    Bobok
    Rosamonde Quartet

    January 26 : Ivry sur Seine - salle des fêtes de l'Hotel de Ville (+)




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    FRAC Lorraine (+)
    1bis rue des Trinitaires, METZ
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    January 20, 2007
    LA NUIT TOUTE LUE
    Carte sonore


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    January 18, 2007
    Bobok & Bobok Quintette
    Concert of Quatuor Danel
    Universität Witten/Herdecke (+), GERMANY.


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    December 7, 2006
    Bobok & Bobok Quintette
    Concert of Quatuor Danel
    Arsenal de Metz (+).



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      Ni spectacle, ni pur concert. Un plateau de variétés, le studio Radio-Sarhan. Neuf musiciens et des micros, de la musique de chambre librement mêlée à du rock (...)
    November 23, 2006
    L'Nfer (un point de detail)
    Portrait concert by Ensemble Ictus (+)
    Arsenal de Metz (+)



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    November 19, 2006
    Hosokawa Silent Flowers - Stravinsky Three Pieces - Sarhan BOBOK - i n t e r v a l - Nunes Chessed III - Dillon No.4
    by Diotima String Quartet
    FESTIVAL DE MÚSICA CONTEMPORÁNEA - Córdoba, ARGENTINA.


     
    November 4, 2006
    Hosokawa Silent Flowers - Stravinsky Three Pieces - Sarhan BOBOK - i n t e r v a l - Nunes Chessed III - Dillon No.4
    by Diotima String Quartet
    La Serena, CHILE.



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    October 25 & 26, 2006
    Bobok by Quatuor Danel
    University of Witten, GERMANY .



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    October 22 , 2006
    First performance of A Glancing Blow
    by Nicolas Dautricourt, violin, Pascal Godard, piano.
    Compiègne




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    October 19 & 20, 2006
    Bobok by Quatuor Danel
    University of Manchester, ENGLAND .




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    September 9, 2006
    Jacqueline (Olivier Pasquet & François Sarhan) (+)
    at New York City, MonkeyTownhq (+).
    58 N 3rd St - (btw. Kent & Wythe) -
    Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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    September 8, 2006
    Jacqueline (Olivier Pasquet & François Sarhan) (+)
    at New York City, Diapason Gallery (+) - 8 P.M.
    026 Avenue of the Americas bet 38th and 39th Streets
    two blocks south of Bryant Park.
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    September 3, 2006
    Sleep dirt for string quartet from F. Zappa
    Concert of Cairn Ensemble at Fondation Royaumont (+).

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    July 8, 2006
    Petit Bobok
    Thomas Duran, Cello and Sylvain Giles, violin.
    Festival de Talant (21).

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    April 5, 2006 - 20:30
    - Bobok
    - New piece for quintet

    Concert of Quatuor Danel at Arsenal de Metz (+).

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    March 29, 2006
    - 28 janvier 2005 for baritone and piano
    - Music While
    for voice and guitar
    Concert of Ensemble KIOSK at Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (+)

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    SET
    Creation for seven women by François Raffinot
    Music by François Sarhan

    TOUR DATES :
    October 25 & 26, 2006 : Grand Théâtre - Luxembourg (+)
    May 19, 2006 : Centre des Arts d'Enghien-les-Bains (+)
    March 7 & 8, 2006 : Arsenal de Metz (+)

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    January 19, 2006 - 20:30
    Ensemble Alternance at salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet - 75017 PARIS
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    NEXT TOUR DATES :

    METZ, Arsenal de Metz, January 19, 2006.

    BERLIN, Berliner Feistspiele, January 26, 27 & 28, 2006.

    Les Articulations de la Reine - music theater show, by CRWTH collective
    (F. Sarhan, F. Pommerehn, B. Raynaud).
    This show includes marionnets, live and electronic music.
     
    October 6, 2005
    28 janvier 2005
      for baritone and piano, at Regard du Cygne, 210 rue de
    Belleville, 75019 Paris,

    Ludovic Montet, baritone, Jean-Philippe Causse, piano.

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    Vox vocal quartet (+) : Such is life and Oh, Nuncle
    at Gas-festival, 1 of october, Gothenburg, Sweden
    and at
    CoMA Festival, 2 of october, Vöxjä, Sweden.

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    Von d'r Wiige bis zum Gra=ab
    heft 1 : An die Wiige herum

    piece for soprano and 4 musicians, to be premiered in Dresden, 2nd of October 2004, by Alea Ensemble.

     
    July 4, 2004 : pas_de_direction - F. Raffinot, F. Sarhan, M. Desbazeille
    in internationales festival für tanz, medien und performancekunst in Halle Kalk in Cologne (Germany).
    more about pas_de_direction in Magali Desbazeille's website
     
    LP Hell (a small detail) released in march 2004.
    Zig-Zag website
    François Sarhan's discography

     
    Kyrielle du Sentiments des Choses - Octobre en Normandie
     
     
     
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